aide-de-camp

[ eyd-duh-kamp ]

/ ˈeɪd dəˈkæmp /

a subordinate military or naval officer acting as a confidential assistant to a superior, usually to a general officer or admiral.

Origin of aide-de-camp

1660–70; < French: literally, camp helper; see aid, de, camp¹

aid station, aid-de-camp, aida, aidan, aide, aide-de-camp, aide-mémoire, aidin, aidman, aidoneus, aidos

La Plume carried them, and no doubt, your aide-de-camp also, straight to the French.

The Hour and the Man |Harriet Martineau
But when he heard about the child, he was playing the fool as an aide-de-camp with a royal tour round the Colonies.

The Judge |Rebecca West
Colonel Audenreid, aide-de-camp, was provoked to find that his valise of nice shirts had been used to kindle the fire.

The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete |William T. Sherman
At the same time an aide-de-camp from Marshal Liniers came to them with an order from the Viceroy to lay down their arms.

Ponce de Leon |William Pilling

An aide-de-camp fell, struck by a ball, and all but the general fled precipitately.

The Spirit of Lafayette |James Mott Hallowell

aide-de-camp

/ (ˈeɪd də ˈkɒŋ) /

a military officer serving as personal assistant to a senior Abbreviation: ADC

C17: from French: camp assistant